Gregory v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
844 F.2d 664 · 1988
Citation profile
32 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 64 later decisions — most recently October 2017 · most notably 15229b v. Dar Lester, Fair v. Bowen (1989)
32 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1382C (§ 1614 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 406 (§ 206 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Consolidated Edison Co of New York v. National Labor Relations Board · Goodermote v. Secretary of Health & Human Services · Taylor v. Heckler · Miller v. Heckler
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In determining whether an individual's physical or mental impairment or impairments are of a sufficient medical severity that such impairment or impairments could be the basis of eligibility under this section, the [Commissioner] shall consider the combined effect of all of the individual's impairments without regard to whether any such impairment, if considered separately, would be of such severity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he Secretary introduced no evidence indicating that the type of modified work of which Gregory remained psychologically capable exists in the national economy.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“would be unable to return to work unless provided with a near-ideal, sheltered work environment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.